It has been said that the US Army provides among the best training for photographers in the world. Certainly their public collections of photographs display an impressive and consistent quality. Given that several famous photographers cut their teeth in the military (David Douglas Duncan, Edward Steichen) it’s perhaps not surprising that some fine pedigree persists. We thought we would collect some of these impressive images to show off what Army photographers can do.

I completely agree that most of the are mediocre at best. The first image is mine and I don’t think most of the others can match it in interestingness, light, composure and quality. We have some amazing military photographers with stunning images. If you need a reference point for great military images, check out the military photographer of the year competition website:http://www.dinfos.dma.mil/events/viap/index.asp#

Here you will find images from the best photographers in the military. Please do us some justice next time. Thank you for using my image.

Contrary to what you say Venessa, I do find all of the photos very interesting. “Stunning Images” are not always the most “interesting” beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. It seems your own work blinds you to what others see in the content of the other photos. Then, you add a link, which shows no images at all, but leads to information about how to submit work for the title. Even clicking on the link for last years winner, just shows a BIO and photo of the winner, but not examples of his work.

Personally though our equipment and material back in the 50’s was quite limited compared to todays. Your work, IF the first image is actually yours, is no more impressive to me than that of Combat Photographs in the Korean War. Should hope that some progress had been made, with the equipment you were able to use….

Personally like 2, 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 25 better than the first image. Photo #1 is evidently a posed image, much easier to capture than many of the others. To me it looks as it it was shot on a gunnery range. Posed photos give us time to capture what we want. Exposure focus, etc should be perfect. Because conditions are ideal, they should be judged more harshly than the Journalistic images. The later are taken under greater pressure. Most of the time the photographer has to make a snap judgement, use whatever settings are in the camera or make fast changes and conditions are far from ideal. Good photos under such conditions, show great photographers.

“There’s a time when people say your work is revolutionary, but you have to keep being revolutionary. I can’t keep shooting pop stars all my life. You have to keep changing, keep pushing yourself, looking for the new, the unusual.”Rankin